i listen to TONS of 50's jazz and vocal stuff that nobody under the age of 70 listens to. definitely not "cool".Actually that IS cool!
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
I love the first two Kings Of Leon albums. They're uncool right? I don't know anymore....
I like early KoL too, up to and including [Because of the Times.
my real answer though is Blue Rodeo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
haha love me some blue rodeo, that's a great one
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
I thought Justin Trudeau was cool?
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
I have to listen to P.D.Q. Bach's "The Seasonings" at least once a year.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
not in my house
Tremolo is a classic album and not just for featuring a pre-9/11 anti-Giuliani song
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
i have sincere love for U2.
i still own and enjoy Ten Summoner's Tales by Sting.
i consider Whitesnake's self-titled 1987 album to be a pretty fine achievement.
is Jamiroquai uncool? Yes. I love them.
i love '90s acid jazz. like all those random comps that Ubiquity put out and Dusty Groove would blurb all over.
i like Zero 7 as well. Also: Thievery Corporation.
i've always liked the Manic Street Preachers.
Is Supergrass uncool bc of that dude's name? I like 3 of their first 4 albums a lot.
― nomar, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
a couple of those forgotten, ill-favored jam-type band albums from the '90s I always liked. Stratagem by Big Head Todd & Red by God Street Wine. I haven't heard them in twenty years, I probably wouldn't like them know.
― nomar, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link
I seem to like pretty much any trip hop, even stuff that people largely dissed or dismissed at the time when trip hop was a thing (e.g. Baby Fox, Smoke City).
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
The odd Sarah McLachlan numberLaura BranniganSome Coldplay but recent work is beyond redemptionSome Happy Hardcore
― the article don, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
blue rodeo is great
sarah mclachlan is extremely cool imo
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
I still like the My Dick album
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
sarah mclachlan is cool agree w/ brad
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
How is Jamiroquai not cool?
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
jamiroquai is considered lame/cheesy and "lol 90s" by most in anglo countries ime
my picks off the top of my head:The Eagles He's already been mentioned itt which made me remember I enjoy a few of the songs of Richard Marx80s Scottish pop that I like for nostalgic reasons but earnestly (Wet Wet Wet, Deacon Blue, Danny Wilson) I don't know much about country but I like random 70s or 80s country songs that I hear that I'm sure don't have any cool cache e.g. I'm No Stranger to the Rain by Keith Whitley is a jam
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLoYFvbR0XY
unclear or extremely cool?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAbx5kgCJo
my daughters think this is v. cool
re: blue rodeo's coolness, no one can convince me this isn't pure AM gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpZ5bMkShI
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
I kinda have a soft spot for the Killers that I can't explain
― bunny slopes, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
Lots of "cool" music heads like vintage R&B, but I don't know anyone who loves, like, 1990s Charles Brown CDs as much as I do.
― "Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
I had been thinking that I don't get this thread at all but Styx is the first example where I can't imagine anyone who would consider them 'cool'. 70s albums are obv classic btw.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r)
a couple months ago i was listening to a canadian pirate radio broadcast from the '80s and they were playing styx. i think if you get played on pirate radio you technically qualify as "cool".
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Thursday, 14 September 2017 02:41 (seven years ago) link
no styx is not cool this is not up for discussion
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 14 September 2017 02:54 (seven years ago) link
wait are you saying the 80s pirate broadcast only reached the airwaves a few months ago
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 14 September 2017 02:55 (seven years ago) link
lmao why would a pirate radio station play Styx they are already on commercial radio and grocery store and pharmacy playlists all the time
― marcos, Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:06 (seven years ago) link
Russell Malone (jazz guitarist) is probably the least cool musician that I like. He's best known for working with the Diana Krall trio. IDK, is the Diana Krall Trio cool?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:10 (seven years ago) link
jazz fusion, chiptunes, video game soundtrack music, new age
― ciderpress, Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
PHISH those guys and their fans are very very uncool but I think that's the point?
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:14 (seven years ago) link
whatever type of music canyon.mid is
― ciderpress, Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:14 (seven years ago) link
those aren't meant to be disparate things btw, they're a single spectrum of uncool
― ciderpress, Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:16 (seven years ago) link
andrew m. at 2:35 13 Sep 17I have to listen to P.D.Q. Bach's "The Seasonings" at least once a year.
― how's life, Thursday, 14 September 2017 09:59 (seven years ago) link
@440, B.A.D, Sputnik, U2, B.R.M.C, James Last, Ray Coniff < all get regular airings at mine after a drink or 2.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 September 2017 10:36 (seven years ago) link
cool obv varies regionally. i've got to the point where 90s smashing pumpkins in all their baroque splendour sounds pretty fresh. jamiroquai have always been lovably* naff
*contentious
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 September 2017 11:10 (seven years ago) link
is Pat Metheny cool?
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 14 September 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
I don't really think most jazz or classical is cool in most people's eyes. (Gould is not my favourite Bach interpreter, by the way.)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 14 September 2017 12:21 (seven years ago) link
Afaict, 90s alternative rock is pretty big with young adults these days, tbh.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 14 September 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link
I saw a toddler wearing a Nirvana shirt the other day. Literally nothing has ever made me feel older.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 September 2017 12:29 (seven years ago) link
― Neanderthal
no silly i'm saying i listened to an _aircheck_ of the broadcast on the internet, which has become kind of a thing of late.
― marcos
i don't know, i didn't play them on pirate radio! but in fairness they probably weren't on grocery store and pharmacy playlists in 1981.
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Thursday, 14 September 2017 12:37 (seven years ago) link
Sappy ballads written by Diane Warren for Hollywood summer blockbusters in the 90s.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 14 September 2017 14:36 (seven years ago) link
Barenaked Ladies
― MarkoP, Thursday, 14 September 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 September 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
Weird Al 4 life.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 September 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
always liked that first Crash Test Dummies album.
the Presidents of the USA are one of the coolest bands ever but look at those guys they are huge dorks.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 September 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
i still like RATM even tho they are corny af and really dated
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 14 September 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
Yeah big love for Sarah Mclachlan she cool.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
chantal kreviazuk
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
Also Sarah founded lilith fair and those lineups were amazing
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, September 13, 2017 7:54 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
styx is a good choice for this thread
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
the sarah mclachlan reappraisal is at least two years overdue
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
does this reappraisal extend to "I Will Remember You" and "Angel", or are cool people still only allowed to like her early stuff? every once in a while I resolve to listen to a Sarah McLachlan album, but then I flash back to all the graduation ceremonies and slideshows I suffered through as SM's music played on repeat in the background, and I immediately scurry back into my hole and stay there until the next time I hear someone raving about Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. I don't know if I'll ever reach a point where I'm able to set aside those unpleasant associations and listen to her music with unbiased ears
― the old rugged crocs (unregistered), Thursday, 14 September 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
i should dig into sarah mclachlan more, i enjoyed her peak '90s stuff. what's good beyond solace/fumbling towards ecstasy?
― nomar, Thursday, 14 September 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link